First anchor reports fake story, second sends insensitive tweet

Near the end of a segment on war memorials closing because of the government shut down, Fox News anchor Anna Kooiman said President Barack Obama was keeping Muslim museum open using money from his own pocket.

The problem is, the original story was a fake. It was run by news parody site The National Report. Though, in Fox New’s defense, the National Report isn’t funny and isn’t clearly marked as a parody site.

Whoops. Realizing the mistake, Kooiman tweeted an apology to her followers:

Just met w producers- I made a mistake yday after receiving flawed research abt a museum possibly closing. My apologies. Won't happen again.